{"id":5322,"date":"2025-04-22T13:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/?p=5322"},"modified":"2025-04-22T14:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:02:48","slug":"ai-and-gaming-platform-aims-to-revolutionize-emergency-pipeline-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/ai-and-gaming-platform-aims-to-revolutionize-emergency-pipeline-training\/","title":{"rendered":"AI and Gaming Platform Aims to Revolutionize Emergency Pipeline Training"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This new training framework simulates a potential pipeline incident using AI and a gaming platform. Credit: Donna Malak\/Texas A&M Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Mary Kay O\u2019Connor Process Safety Center and EnerSys Corporation are creating a training platform that simulates a potential pipeline incident using AI and a gaming platform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Researchers and industry partners are looking to create a game-like training tool using artificial intelligence (AI) to make pipeline safety training more effective.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Mary Kay O\u2019Connor Process Safety Center (MKO)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0EnerSys Corporation<\/a>\u00a0are partnering to create a multiplayer \u201cgame\u201d that provides real-world scenarios and measurable outcomes of how pipeline operations respond to abnormal and emergency situations in a safe, controlled environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis utilizes artificial intelligence as a tool to create a gaming platform where pipeline becomes at the source and all the different scenarios that can impact the pipeline operations response becomes the contributing factor,\u201d said Faisal Khan, director of the Mary Kay O\u2019Connor Process Safety Center.<\/p>\n

Funded by the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, an agency within the Department of Transportation, this project aims to develop a realistic training system for teams to practice handling hazardous condition response and emergency response.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn using this multiplayer gaming platform, it should become very much like actually working with pipelines,\u201d said EnerSys Corporation CEO Russel Treat. \u201cThat\u2019s the goal, and ultimately, if that\u2019s the case, when incidents do occur, they should be responded to and mitigated more effectively.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pipelines are critical for infrastructure, so understanding how they operate can prevent major accidents, protect the economy and improve emergency response to issues like leaks.<\/p>\n

The platform simulates various pipeline failure scenarios and incorporates those into the training system designed for pipeline operators.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPipeline incidents are exceedingly rare,\u201d Treat said. \u201cMost people who work with pipelines work their entire lives and never have direct experience. What that means is when they do occur, for many people, it\u2019s a first-time experience. By doing this training and giving people real-world experience, then they will be prepared when an incident does occur, which means they should respond more quickly, more effectively.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

MKO will provide knowledge and understanding of the pipeline and its safety issues along with creating mathematical models to the project, while EnerSys Corporation will merge industry and facilitate research and the data collection from industry while serving as the Principal Investigator of the program.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a mathematical representation of how a pipeline should be operating in an idealistic condition, based on our scientific knowledge and what stimulates a pipeline failure,\u201d Khan said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The next step is to begin trial scenarios with a research and development team by the end of this year, aiming to collect results and incorporating them into the training, Treat said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity for us to learn, particularly from the industrial experiences, and develop tools that enable fusion of knowledge and experience to improve safety,\u201d Khan said.<\/p>\n

Funding for this research is administered by the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), the official research agency for Texas A&M Engineering.<\/p>\n

By\u00a0Raven Wuebker,\u00a0Texas A&M University College of Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: AI and Gaming Platform Aims to Revolutionize Emergency Pipeline Training \u2013 Texas A&M Stories<\/a><\/p>\n

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